Opening the Chest in Land Trips
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the sense of chest-opening that a person finds in land trips also among the distractions that do not open his chest?
Answer:
No. Travel that contains no haram (forbidden) matters, and travel to the lands of the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) for the sake of recreation, and anything that contains haram, this is good, there is nothing wrong with it. Expand your view to look at the mountains, look at the flowers, look at the beautiful scenes; this is mubah (permissible). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the sense of chest-opening that a person finds in land trips also among the distractions that do not open his chest?
Answer:
No. Travel that contains no haram (forbidden) matters, and travel to the lands of the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) for the sake of recreation, and anything that contains haram, this is good, there is nothing wrong with it. Expand your view to look at the mountains, look at the flowers, look at the beautiful scenes; this is mubah (permissible). Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الثالث في انقسام أدوية أمراض القلب إلى قسمين : طبيعية وشرعية — islamhouse.com (58:56)
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